Families of developmentally disabled children and adults and supporters held a rally Friday in Stony Point, calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to restore funding cuts to service nonprofits.

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Families and friends of the developmentally disabled gathered Friday morning to speak out against proposed state budget cuts that they say would undermine the quality of services and programs.

The gathering, Rally in the Valley, was at Kirkbride Hall, one of the remaining buildings in the Letchworth Village, the former state-run center for the developmentally disabled.

The location was symbolic: - the state initiative to deinstitutionalize the developmentally disabled prompted local nonprofits and agencies to start offering essential services that are now in jeopardy. ...